Side-bar vehicle



(No Model.)

H. M. CURTIS.

Side Bar Vehicle. I No, 243,220. Patented June 21,1881.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY M. CURTIS, OF YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN.

SIDE-BAR VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No.'243,220, dated June 21, 1881.

Application filed April 27, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. (loans, of Ypsilanti, in the county of WVashtenaw and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side-BarVehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention, and Fig. 2 a central longitudinal section of the same.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents the axle, which may be either formed with the central extension, a a, or this extension may be a separate block and suitably secured to the axle.

B is a flat metal spring, which is set edgewise in a groove in the extension or block a, and firmly held in place by means of the metal strap 1). The ends of the springs B B should be shouldered to form spindles,which are screwthreaded to receive a nut, as will presently be explained.

(No model.)

0 0 represent the side springs or bars, having their ends turned to form eyes, through which the screw-threaded ends of the spring B extends, and are held in place by a nut, as seen in the drawings.

The seat or bodyis secured to the side bars or springs O O in the usual manner.

It will be readily observed that any sudden jolt or concussion will be very materially diminished by. this arrangement, as the end springs yield in a line parallel with the forward or backward motion of the wagon, while the side springs act, as usual, in a vertical plane.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the axles and bed of a wagon, of side springs, O O, and end springs, B B, the latter set edgewise in grooved blocks a a, and secured by means of metal straps b 12 therein and to the axles, all constructed and arranged as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY M. CURTIS.

Witnesses JNo. W. VAN CLEVE, J r., FRANK J osLIN. 

